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Pelodrilus leruthi Hrabe, 1958 and Haplotaxis gordioides Hartman, 1821 have been investigated from a histochemical point of view. A different distribution and number of fast and slow fibres has been detected in the two species. Pelodrilus leruthi specimens living in different caves, show some differences in the body wall muscle thickness and in the structure of the ventral nerve cord. A correlation with their different life styles is proposed.
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de Eguileor, M., Lanzavecchia, G., Valvassori, R. (1994). Ultrastructural and histochemical comparison in two haplotaxids. In: Reynoldson, T.B., Coates, K.A. (eds) Aquatic Oligochaete Biology V. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0842-3_19
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